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  • HIST 257: Women,Gender,and the Family in American History

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course surveys the interplay between the histories of women and the family in American history from the colonial period through the Progressive Era (seventeenth through early twentieth centuries). Through a focus on the changing history of the family, the course will address gender roles, women's work inside and outside the household, and their changing relation to state au-thority. It will also consider how the regulation of the family serves to reproduce social differences of race and class. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • HIST 258: Freedom and Dissent in American History

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Auerbach NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Freedom of speech since the founding of the nation, with special attention to the judicial boundaries of per-missible dissent and the enduring tension between individual rights and state power in American society. Among the issues considered are radical protest; wartime censorship; forms of symbolic expression; obscenity and pornography; campus hate speech; political and sexual correctness. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • HIST 263: South Africa in Historical Perspective

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Kapteijns An analysis of the historical background and lasting consequences of apartheid, focusing on the transformation of the African communities in the period of commercial capitalist expansion (1652-1885) and in the industrial era (1885 to the present). Important themes are: the struggle for land and labor; the fate of African peasants, labor migrants, miners and domestic servants; the undermining of the African family; the diverse expressions of African resistance; and the processes which are creating a new, post-apartheid South Africa. The enormous challenges of reversing inequality and resolving conflicts will receive special attention. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • HIST 264: The History of Pre-colonial Africa

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Kapteijns NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Pre-colonial Africa encompasses ancient agrarian kingdoms (such as Egypt and Merowe), city-states on the shores of sea and desert, and ?nations without kings,? with their own, unique social and political institutions. Students will learn about the material bases of these societies, as well as their social relations and cultural production, all the while familiarizing themselves with the rich array of written, oral, linguistic, and archeological sources available to the historian of Africa. After 1500, in the era of the European expan-sion, large parts of Africa were incorporated into the Atlantic tropical plantation complex through the slave trade. The enormous impact on Africa of this unprecedented forced migration of Africans to the Americas from 1500 to the 1880s will constitute the concluding theme . Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • HIST 265: History of Modern Africa

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Kapteijns Many of Africa's current characteristics are the legacy of colonial domination. We will therefore first study different kinds of colonies, from those settled by White planters to the ?Cinderellas,? in which colonial economic intervention was (by comparison) minimal and the struggle for independence less bloody. For the post-independence period, we will focus on the historical roots of such major themes as neo-colonialism, economic underdevelopment, ethnic conflict and genocide, HIV-AIDS, and the problems of the African state. However, Africa's enormous natural and human resources, its resilient and youthful population, and its vibrant popular culture-a strong antidote against Afro-pessimism-will help us reflect on the future of this vast conti nent. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: Fall Unit:
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  • HIST 266: The Struggle Over North Africa,1800 to the Present

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Rollman NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Themes in the social, economic, political and cultural history of North Africa (the Maghreb and Mauretania, Libya, Egypt and Sudan) from 1800 to the present: major features of pre-colonial society and history in three regions; the transformations brought about by French, British and Italian colonial rule; North African resistance and wars for independence; and the contradictions of the era of formal political independence, including the emergence of Islamist movements and the literary and political debate about postco-lonial identities in the area. Students will draw on analyses by historians and social scientists, on novels, short stories, autobiographies, poetry by North Africans, and on music and film from and about North Africa. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • HIST 269: Japan,the Great Powers and East Asia,1853-1993

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Matsusaka The history of Japan's international relations from the age of empire through the end of the Cold War. Topics include: imperialism and na-tionalism in East Asia, diplomacy and military strategy, international economic competition, cultural and ?civilizational? conflicts, World War II in East Asia, the U.S.-Japan alliance, and the politics of war memory. Special emphasis on Japan's relations with the United States, Chi-na, Russia, and Ko rea. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: Spring Unit: 1
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  • HIST 272: Political Economy of Development in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Rao NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. In 1947, India was partitioned into India and Pakistan. Since then, these countries have wrestled with issues of governance and development, but colonial rule casts a long shadow over their efforts. This course introduces students to the complex politico-economic landscape of the subcontinent by examining how the idea of development changes in modern South Asian history. How are developmental efforts embedded in contexts of politics, society, and culture How do political systems affect decisions This course considers these questions by examining themes such as: the colonial state's construction of railway and irrigation networks; Gandhi's criti-que of industrialization; Nehru's vision of an industrial economy; the challenges posed by Partition and militarization of Pakistan; the Green Revolution; the onset of economic deregulatio n. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • HIST 274: China,Japan,and Korea in Comparative and Global Perspectives

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Matsusaka Overview of each political/cultural community and their interactions from ancient times to 1912. Topics from earlier periods include ancient mytho-histories and archeological records, the rise of China's Han and Tang empires, selective adaptations of Chinese patterns by indi-genous polities and societies in Korea and Japan, commercial and technological revolution in China and its international impact, Mongol ?globalization,? Japan in the age of t he samur ai and Korea in the heyday of t he yangba n. Topics from later periods include the growth of international trade in East Asia and early modern developments in Ming-Qing China, Tokugawa Japan, and Late Choson Korea. Coverage extends through first decade of twentieth century to examine Europe's expansion and the divergent trajectories of modern transformation in each socie ty. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: Fall Unit: 1.
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  • HIST 275: The Emergence of Ethnic Identities in Modern South Asia

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Rao NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. South Asian society has long been represented by rigid systems of hierarchy. Caste, most famously, has been represented as an inexorable determinant of social possibility. Yet, what are the ways in which people actually identify themselves, and to what extent is hierarchical identification a product of South Asia's modern history This course explores the problems of social and cultural difference in South Asia. How do modern institutions such as the census and electoral politics shape the way in which these prob-lems are perceived today What are the effects of the introduction of English education Caste will be the primary form of identity that we explore, but we also consider class, religion and gender in seeking to unravel the complex notion of ethnicity. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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